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Nos Projets

1. ANEWSHAN Integrated Community Development Project
HUMAN WAVE, started its work in 1998 with the pilot project ANEWSHAN in the locality called Adarshanagore (P.O. Mankundu, Dist. Hooghly, W.B.), 30 km. North of Calcutta.
This project is aimed at rehabilitating the 55 families coming originally from Bangladesh and living near the railways and at improving their quality and standard of life by strengthening social values, by helping the people organizing the community as through developing the community’s infrastructure (through introducing facilities like a Community Hall, Drinking Water, Electricity, Low cost Latrines and a Sewage System).The main activities of the ANEWSHAN Integrated Community Development Project are the following:

A. Soishob

- Soishob-Anewshan, which means means “In Search of Childhood”. Through the various projects of Soishob-Anewshan, the children are exposed to socio-cultural activities ( i.e. Brotochary, Drawing & Dancing class, Social event observation & cultural functions) early childhood education, medical care and health awareness

B. Balwadi (Crèche for 3 to 5 years old children of working mothers)

The Balwadi (which means “Crèche”) take care for young children (from 3 to 5 years old) of working mothers. This project is aimed at ensuring children proper socialization, promoting good habits and manners and ensuring school enrollment at a proper time.

Furthermore, the children have been taught how to read and write both English and Bengali alphabets, numbers and rhymes, and have been encouraged to have and maintain good habits and manners.Since the project has started, almost all the young children of Adarshanagore have joined Balwadi.
In addition, seven children have been coming from outside Adarshanagore.

	C. Anewshan Tutorial This tutorial course is held for 78 children from class 1 to 9 by 13 teachers. The courses take place six days a week, in the morning from 7.00 to 9.00 a.m and in the evening from 7.00 to 9.00 p.m. A teachers’ meeting is organized each month to evaluate the performance of the students. Last year three terminal tests were arranged. 74% students have been promoted to the next classes.
D. Health promotion & medical care
Our health workers regularly visit the families at Adarshanagore. They take care of immunizations and birth control. The growth monitoring and adolescent class are held once in a month. In case of emergency medical need, we also help financially the patients of the village of Adarshanagore.
	E. Computer Class for children This computer courses are dedicated to children and take place 3 times in a week thank the help of a professional teacher. About 50% of the students are coming from disadvantaged communities and the rest are from meddle class.
F.Nari-Khamotayan Shakha Nari-Khamotayan Shakha, which means “Women Empowerment Branch”, contains various projects which are aimed at improving the living conditions of the women in Adarshanagore. In order to raise their awareness, the women attend monthly meetings about important social issues. Loans have been organized to support the women in improving their huts or for urgent family needs; in addition to that, other initiatives try to help the women to become self-sufficient and to generate more income.

	2. Sundarban Primary School
	Sunderban Primary School is located in the village Dekhsinbariabhangabad, in the delta of Bay of Bengal with many small rivers. The villagers of Dekhsinbariabhangabad started on their own the Sunderban Primary School in 1987 and after a few years they received some financial help from a NGO for a few years. As they had no financial support since 1995, HUMAN WAVE started in the year 2001 to support responding to the appeal of the villagers. HUMAN WAVE provided two more teachers (the number of teachers increased from 3 to 5), which made it possible to ensure proper attention to all the students and to improve the quality of teaching.
	Since the beginning, we provided separator between classes ( 11 high & 6 low benches 2 tables &a